ONC Awards $6 MM for Competency Examination Program
to Northern Virginia Community College
Excerpted from ONC site April 2, 2010: “The purpose of the Competency Examination for Individuals Completing Non-Degree Training program, one component of the Workforce Program, is to provide funding for institutions of higher education (or consortia thereof) to support the development and initial administration of a set of health IT competency examinations. The examinations assess basic competency for two types of individuals who are seeking to demonstrate their competency in certain health IT workforce roles integral to achieving meaningful use of electronic health information:
- Individuals trained through short-duration, non-degree health IT programs
- Members of the workforce with relevant experience or other types of training
“In April 2010, ONC awarded $6 million in a single two-year cooperative agreement to Northern Virginia Community College. Development of the competency examinations will benefit institutions of higher education by providing them with a set of health IT competency examinations that they may use to evaluate, develop, and improve health IT educational programs. These competency examinations will enable health IT professionals, employers, and other stakeholder to assess their own health IT competency levels or the competency of their health IT staff members, as appropriate. The examinations may also be used by employers to identify training gaps and personnel needs integral to achieving meaningful use of electronic health information.”
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